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2006-09-26 12:23:29 PM Tatsuma [TotalFark]

muninsfire: It’s on account of those people who believe their way is best, and refuse to compromise, or even think of talking over their differences.

Definitely. I heard a rabbi once on Talk Rabbi that struck me. A man called to talk about how JC was the son of G-d and he said

“Listen, I’m trying to turn Jews into better Jews, into observant Jews. You go on into making Christians good Christians, I make Jews good Jews, someone tries to make Muslims good Muslims and we’ll all live in peace. Deal?”

I wish more people thought like that.

Stop trying to impose your values
Stop trying to convert the world

Work on your own house. Make Christians and Christianity better. If all Christians acted like JC, you can be sure they currently dominate the planet and people would flock to them.

The above comment is written by a young Canadian Jewish man from Montreal. He is a devote Jew who has memorized the entire OT law and is a stunningly brilliant debater. He is currently in Israel in training to join her military — voluntarily.

While I can’t agree with all of it (the second last and the last line are completely contradictory for example), the last line caught my attention. Even a Jewish person can recognize that Jesus had it right — so right that if we simply did what He called us to do (to love others as He did), Christianity would be the only world religion.

Isn’t it interesting how the Church seems to have been the last to get the potential we are sitting on???